She may have starred on one of TV’s biggest hits with her role on Friends, but Lisa Kudrow isn’t rushing to join popular series, The White Lotus.
Speaking to Parker Posey in Variety’s Actors on Actors series on Friday, June 6, the actress, 61, shared why she might “avoid” taking part in season 4.
Posey starred in season 3 of the drama, which was created and directed by Mike White. During the interview, Posey, 56, asked Kudrow if she’d be down to take on a gig on The White Lotus if given the chance.
“Work with Mike White? Yes. I love Mike White. I’ve hung out with him at a party,” Kudrow replied, before sharing the hesitation she has with acting on a show like The White Lotus.
While the cast for season 4 hasn’t been announced yet, Posey encouraged Kudrow to get on board, telling her, “Oh, Lisa, you should be in season 4. If there’s a big enough TikTok campaign, then it’ll happen.”
Kudrow acknowledged casting doesn’t necessarily work like that and added, “And I might not be [White’s] cup of tea, which is allowed to happen too. But I do get nervous about inhabiting things that are too dark; I try to avoid that.”
Debuting in 2021, the HBO series has garnered fans for its twists and turns and stunning resort locations.
The show follows guests and employees at a fictional resort and their respective ups and downs during their vacation. While each series takes place at the “White Lotus” resort franchise, the setting is in a different country each time. Season 1 was set in Hawaii, season 2 in Italy and the third and most recent season was set in Thailand.
The anthology series is also known for a mysterious death — or two — that is eventually revealed at the end of each season.
White hasn’t given too much away when it comes to details about what will happen in season 4, but has teased a little bit about what to expect.
“I’ve dabbled in Buddhism, and Thailand worked for the themes that I was trying to get into,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in April. “The show is about identity and desire — and then there’s another part of me, the mischievous gay part, that’s just like, ‘How do I create something that’s dirty and funny?’”
According to an interview that played after the season 3 finale, White teased he was looking for a change, adding, “For the fourth season, I want to get a little bit out of the crashing waves against rocks vernacular. But there’s always room for more murders at the White Lotus hotels.”
